‘Diplomacy/Security 2+2’ joint statement… Launch of the In-Pacific Dialogue and agreement to accelerate negotiations on the Military Secret Protection Agreement
Korea-Canada “North Korean troops dispatched to Russia, a serious act of escalating tensions…call for withdrawal”
‘Diplomacy/Security 2+2’ joint statement… Launch of the In-Pacific Dialogue and agreement to accelerate negotiations on the Military Secret Protection Agreement Korea-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Korea-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Jae-gu = Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yeol is greeting Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolly at the Korea-Canada Foreign Ministers’ meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 18th. 2024.7.18 jjaeck9@yna.co.kr (End)
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Soo-jin = South Korea and Canada said, “We are seriously concerned that a large number of North Korean troops have been dispatched to Russia, and this is a significant escalation of tensions that poses a risk to the security and stability of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region.” With one voice, they called for withdrawal.
The two countries held the 1st Korea-Canada Foreign Affairs and Defense (2+2) Ministerial Meeting in Ottawa, Canada on the 1st (local time), attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yeol, Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Jolly, and Canadian Minister of National Defense Bill Blair. ‘ was held and a joint statement containing these contents was adopted.
The Korea-Canada 2+2 Ministerial Meeting held its first meeting today as a follow-up to the ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Action Plan’ adopted in May and July of last year.
The foreign and defense ministers of the two countries said in a statement that North Korea “violates multiple UN Security Council resolutions, including providing millions of rounds of ammunition and ballistic missiles to support Russia’s brutal and unjustifiable war of aggression in Ukraine.” “We condemn the deepening of military cooperation in the strongest terms,” he said.
The two countries said, “We are closely watching what support Russia provides to North Korea in return for North Korea’s support of weapons and troops to Russia,” adding, “The security of the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions will become more closely linked.” “Based on the recognition that this is the case, we promise to actively seek additional measures together with the international community,” he declared.
In addition, we condemn North Korea’s continued missile launches, including the launch of the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ‘Hwasongpo-19’ on the 31st of last month, and continue to call for the complete, verifiable and irreversible destruction (CVID) of North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction. emphasized.
Canada also expressed “strong support for South Korea’s efforts to realize a denuclearized, unified Korean Peninsula of freedom, peace, and prosperity.”
On this day, the ministers of the two countries decided to launch the ‘Korea-Canada INTA Dialogue’ to deepen cooperation in the INTA field, and the Korean INTA special representative and the Canadian INTA special envoy decided to discover projects that can create synergy in this field.
In order to strengthen the security partnership between the two countries, it was decided to accelerate negotiations to conclude a military and defense secret information protection agreement, and to establish a regular army dialogue and hold the first meeting in Canada. The two countries also agreed to hold the ‘3rd Defense Industry-Logistics Joint Committee’ next year.
In addition, it was decided to hold the ‘Korea-Canada Cyber Policy Council’ to respond to threats linked to cyber security and emerging technologies.
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